Coffee-roaster



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. BEIDLER, OF VANDALIA, ILLINOIS.

COFFEE-ROASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,489, dated June 28, 1881.

Application filed May 2, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. BEIDLER, of Vandalia, in the county of Fayette,-and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GoffeeRoasters; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved apparatus for roasting coffee, by means of which the grains may be uniformly and thoroughly roasted and the full aroma and strength retained, and which apparatus can be readily fitted to a stove or range of any description or size. This object I attain by the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a top view of my im relatively to the bent portion of the shaft in such manner that as the shaft is oscillated back and forth it will alternately strike the ledges and oscillate the cylinder in opposite inner edge, is provided with a shelf, K, which serves to carry up and drop the coii'ee as the cylinder is oscillated.

(ModeL) The cylinder is constructed of sheet-iron or other sheet metal, and the heads may be constructed of sheet or cast metal, as may be desired.

The base of the apparatus is provided with a series of holes or apertures, L, for the insertion of pins, by means of which the apparatus may be confined to a stove-aperture of any size, by inserting the pins so as to hold the base thereto.

The shaft of the cylinder is loosely seated in its bearings, so that it can he removed and replaced by agridiron or othercooking utensil.

In some instances I prefer to provide the dooi-Gwith a glass front, as shown in Fig. 4. This enables the operator to view the interior of the cylinder B without resorting to the necessity of opening the door, thus saving timeand unnecessary labor.

The glass front or plate may be retained in position by any suitable means of connecting it to the metallic portion of the door.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is

1. A coflee-roaster consisting of a cylinder of sheet metal or other suitable material, mounted loosely on a bent shaft and provided with longitudinal ledges on the inside, the said shaft beingjournaled in hearings in a suitable base or frame, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the cylinder and the door thereof, the inwardly-projecting shelf at the lower edge of the door, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of April, 1881.

GEORGE A. BEIDLER,

\Vitnesses J. H. RINGE, W. S. RICHARDS. 

